Kitchen corner sofa. Step-by-step manufacturing instruction

Often the kitchen is not only a place for eating, but also a pleasant pastime. To equip a comfortable and cozy corner will help kitchen corner sofa. It will not always be the right decision to buy a kitchen corner sofa. You can make it yourself, spending a minimum of effort and money. As a result, you get a reliable, original and created in accordance with the desired size kitchen sofa.

Often in factory kitchen cornersofas, prices, colors, sizes, quality or functional parameters do not satisfy the buyer. For a small or non-standard kitchen it's easier and cheaper to make a corner sofa yourself. Kitchen corner sofas photo, which can be found on the Internet, will prompt you the model and design.

Tools and materials for the production of a corner kitchen sofa

For work you will need materials that you can buy at a nearby construction store. Small skills in the processing of wood and a minimum set of tools.

Tools for making a sofa

1. Electric jig saw, plane, screwdriver, drill and grinder.
2. Hacksaw, pliers, hammer, tape measure, chisel, carpentry corner, construction stapler.

Materials for a corner kitchen sofa

1. A bar with a section of 40x40 mm is approximately 1350 mm.
2. Beam 24x25 mm - 3650 mm.
3. Bar 15x15 mm - 3000 mm.
4. Board 20x40 mm -1000 mm, a pine, beech or birch tree is suitable.
5. Plywood 8 - 10 mm thick for the bottom and side walls - 2 sheets.
6. Fibreboard - used for the back wall - 1 sheet. The metric is approximate, and the more accurate is calculated according to the drawing.
7. Foam is a furniture from 5 cm thick, high density and elasticity or sintepon.
8. Upholstery material: leather, barakan, nubuck, tapestry, microfiber, velor, etc. Pay attention to the practicality of the upholstery. The coating should be easy to clean and be resistant to chemical sanitation.
9. Consumables - screws( 4х80, 4х60, 4х20 mm), confirmats, nagels, loops, legs, bolts with washers( 6 - 8 mm), etc.

You will need a reliable factory mechanism, in case you want to make a kitchen corner sofa.

Step-by-step fabrication of a skeleton for a corner sofa

First of all, a drawing with exact dimensions and dimensions is drawn up. Based on the drawing, the necessary materials are calculated. The workpiece is extruded and grinded before marking and sawing. This will allow to observe the accuracy of the dimensions when fitting the details of the sofa. Approximate dimensions of the corner sofa can be taken as a basis:

• maximum height - 855 mm;
• the length of the sofas is 1200x900 mm;
• corner insert - 450x450 mm.

1. By and large, designing a kitchen corner sofa with your own hands is not a big problem. The main bearing part is the sidewall, which carry the main load. They are made from a single sheet of thick plywood or a close-knit carpentry board. Marking is done using a marker or a pencil and cut out with an electric jigsaw.
2. Assemble from a bar 40x40 mm two frames for a long and short sofas. Frames are made in the form of parallelepipeds and attached to the lateral planes. Angle joints are sewn onto the spine and mustache, then sit on the glue. The paid L and T-shaped connections are set strictly at 90 °.
3. Angular joints can be through-through in a half-row, with a single spike or two-three studs, through or hidden in a sweat. For strength, joints are strengthened by a metal corner on self-tapping screws or nagels. The frame is assembled in a complex with the backrest and is screwed to the sidewalls.
4. After receiving the base of the corner kitchen sofa, folding seat covers are assembled. They can be solid for a long and short sofa or divided into sections. From a beam of 25x25 mm, rectangular carcasses of seats are assembled and sewn with 10 mm plywood. Finished seats are sanded, covered with stain and varnish, glued to the plane with foam rubber and tightened with upholstery. A piano loop is screwed to the long side of the seats. Installation and installation of folding lids - seats is carried out at the final stage of work.
5. The smallest corner module is assembled in a similar way. From the beam( 40x40 mm) we make a framework of triangular profile with sides of 90 ° and 45 °.The module is covered with plywood or laminated fiberboard.

Assembly of corner sofa modules for the kitchen

The assembled blocks of the two sofas and the corner unit are carefully sanded. Places of chips or other damages arising during work are covered with a putty for wood. Wooden elements that will not be covered with upholstery are covered with stain and lacquer. Lacquer Corner sofa for the kitchen is opened at least three times.

1. Dry parts are put on small legs and rally. The legs can be purchased at the furniture accessories store, and they are fastened with screws to the supporting parts of the sofa frame. You need at least eight legs for the entire corner sofa.
2. Design elements are also set by adjusting the height of the legs. Correct installation is checked by the level. In the marked places holes are drilled for fixing bolts with a diameter of 6 or 8 mm. Washers for bolts are purchased with a wide field. For each mounting bolt, two washers are required. One washer is placed under the head of the bolt, and the other is under the nut.
3. When installing the mounting bolts, take care of free access to them. After a while, the bolts will squeeze out the wood, and they will need to be tightened. When rearranging, moving or for thorough cleaning, a disassembly of the sofa will also be required.

Upholstery and trim for kitchen corner

Upholstery for a corner kitchen sofa is selected taking into account its use in the immediate vicinity of the cooker and sink. It should be easily cleaned of grease stains and settled food vapors, while also showing resistance to chemical cleaners.

1. For soft sofa used elastic furniture foam from 5 cm thick. For semi-soft - sinteponovaya padding. On the backs of the sofa, a thin layer of glue is applied in the areas of abutment of foam rubber or sintepon, and the packing is firmly pressed against the plane of the back.
2. Upholstery details are cut out from the upholstery fabric. With a furniture stapler, the upholstery is fastened to the backrest on the back side at the seat of the seat and backrest. The material is tightened and fixed at the corner points. It is then stitched along the entire length, including the sides.
3. Armrests are made from a 40x40 mm bar. Through the entire length of the beam a groove with a depth of 20-30 mm is made. The width of the sample is determined by the thickness of the side wall. The workpiece is covered with filler and upholstery fabric. Then the armrests are greased in the grooves with glue and sit on the sidewalls. You can additionally fasten the armrests with screws.